Music-holder.



No. 765,187. 4 r PATENTED JULY 19, 1904.

' A. MEYER & J. HOFFMAN.

MUSIC HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..14, 1903. I N0 MODEL.

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APPLIOATION FILED APR. 14. 1903.

NO MODEL.

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A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented July 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLF MEYER AND JOSEPH HOFFMAN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

MUSIC-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,187, dated July 19,1904,

Application filed April 14, 1903. Serial Na 152,515. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ADOLF MEYER and J o- SEPH HOFFMAN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMusic-Holders, of which the following is a specification. such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved music holder orsupport and the separate parts of which may be compactly foldedtogether, so as to form a small and compact body which may beconveniently carried in the hand or in a small package of any kind; andwith these and other objects in view the invention consists in a musicsupport or holder constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof our improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective View showingour improved music support or holder in a folded condition; Fig. 2, aside view showing the music support or holder in position for use; Fig.3, a partial longitudinal section through the music support or holderwith the parts folded together as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a sectionalside view showing the parts in position for use as in Fig. 2; Fig. 5, aplan view showing the parts folded together as in Fig.

'3; Fig. 6, a partial section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 7. aView, on an enlarged scale, of a part of the device as shown in Fig. 2.

In the practice of our invention we provide a music support or holdercomprising a main upright member composed of separate tubular telescopicsections a, a and a and the bottom of the tubular section a is providedwith a collar 6, to which are hinged the legs 6 four of which areemployed. The legs 72 are triangular in cross-section and are providedat their upper ends with central webs 6 which are hinged or pivoted tocorresponding projections b on the collar 7), and when the separatetubular sectlons a, a and a of the main upright member are telescopedtogether the collar 6 may be moved to the top of the section a and thelegs 6 may be folded compactly together, so as to form a compact body,as shown in Fig. 1. The legs 6 are connected by links 6 pivoted theretoand to each other, and said links fold compactly together between thelegs 6 and the bottom tubular section a of the main upright member, andthe bottom tubular section a of the main upright member is preferablyprovided at its lower end with an outwardly-directed annular flange orrim 0, which serves to properly spread the legs 6 and hold them inproper position when the device is in use.

In Fig. 6 we have shown a cross-section of the lower end of the tubularsection (L2, and in this tubular section a is secured, as shown at (Z,two springs (1, the free ends of which terminate at diametricallyopposite points and are provided with radially-movable locking-plugs (P,which pass through corresponding openings in the tubular section (6 andare adapted topass through corresponding openings in the upper end ofthe tubular section a. The lower end of the tubular section a issimilarly provided with springs (Z and locking plugs (Z which passoutwardly through the lower ends of the section a and are adapted topass through corresponding holes in the upper end of the tubular section(0 and the bottom surfaces of the lockingplugs 01 are beveled upwardly,and when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4 by simplypressing on the upper tubular section a all the tubular sections ormembers a, a and a" may be telescoped together, as

shown in Fig. 3, and when it is desired to use tubular sections (L2 anda"; but in the bottom of the tubular section a the locking-plugs doperate in connection with the collar 5.

Mounted in the upper end of the top tubular section a is a slide 0,provided with an upright member to which is pivoted or hinged in anydesired manner a rack f. The rack f is composed of two bottom membersfhinged or pivoted together at f", two side members f, a main centralmember f and supplemental niembersf between the side members f and thecentral member and the tops of the members f, f, and f are connected bylinks which are pivotally connected therewith. The upright member f ispivot ally connected with-the parts f at f, where said parts are hingedtogether, and the parts f and f are connected with the parts f by pinsg, movable in slots formed in the parts f while the parts f and f arealso provided with slots h and the links f with pins 7L movable in saidslots, and by means of this construction the rack f may be compactlyfolded together, so as to be inserted into the upper tubular section a,as shown in Fig. 2.

The rack f is-conneoted with the upright member 0 of the slide a at iand in such a man ner as to turn thereon, and this connection ---may bemade in any desired manner; but it is preferably so made as to producean amount of friction which will hold the said rack in the desiredposition.

- Theslide 0 may be held in the upper end of the tubular section a byfriction or by any other means, and springs and locking-plugs similar tothe springs (Z and locking-plugs d may be employed for this purpose,ifdesired, and in practice we preferably provide a cap j, which may beplaced over the upper ends of the tubular sections a, a and a when theparts have been folded together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

When constructed as described, all that portion of the'device above thelegs d may be telescoped within the bottom section a of the main uprightmember, the collar 6 may be moved to the top of said section, and thelegs 6 folded together, so as to form a compact body which is square orrectangular in crosssection, as shown in Fig. 1, and it will be apparentthat more of the tubular and telescopic sections which compose the mainpart of the device may be employed, all that is necessary in thisconnection being to so form these tubular sections that they may betelescoped together whenever necessary and that suitable means beprovided for holdingthem in their extended position and that the rack fbe so formed that it can be folded together and inserted into the uppertubular section.

In the form of construction shown the separate-parts of the rack f areshown a little large as compared with the tubular section a but this wasfor the purpose of showing the construction of said rack; but ourinvention is not limited to any particular form or construction of therack f, nor is it limited to the exact arrangement of the springs CF andlocking-plugs (1 herein shown and described, and many changes in andmodifications of the construction herein shown and described may be madewithout departing from the spirit of our invention or-sacrificing itsadvantages.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A music-support, comprising a main upright member composed of separatetubular telescopic sections of whichthe upper sections are adapted to betelescoped in the bottom=sec tion, a collarloosely mountedon the bottomsection and adapted to slide thereon, means for holding said telescopicsections in their extended positions, means for holding said collar atthe lower end of the bottom telescopic'section, legs pivoted to saidcollar and adapted to be extended or folded compactly against thebottom=telescopic section, links by which said legs are looselyconnected, a slide-mounted in the top telescopic section and providedwith an upright member which projects therefrom, and a rack pivoted tosaid upright member and composed of separate parts adapted to be foldedtogether and to be inserted intothe upper telescopic section, said legsbeing triangular in cross-section and adapted when folded together toform a body which is square in cross-section, and which incloses theother parts of the device, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 13th day ofApril, 1903. r

ADOLF MEYER. JOSEPH HOFFMAN.

Witnesses:

' J. (J. LARSEN,

F. A. STEWART.

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